“that time is at least a couple years down the road and they can do a lot of harm to firearm enthusiasts and the industry in that two year period.”
Isn’t it typical that in the face of constitutional questions that a responsible judge would issue an injunction or stay? (Setting aside the question of whether a responsible judge can be found in the Washington State appeals court system).
All “responsible” local state judges should strike it down immediately.
Art. 1 Section 24 of the WA State Constitution recites:
“The right of the individual citizen to bear arms in defense of himself, or the state, shall not be impaired...”
Clearly WA Const. provides more protection of gun rights than the US Const. 2nd Amendment. Also, WA has a ton of jurisprudence that argues that WA Const provides more privacy protection than the US Const. And the gun rights language in the WA Const is stronger and clearer than the privacy right language in the WA Const.
However, we have a gun-grabbing AG that commissioned a study to examine which regulations could be effective to reduce gun violence. That report concluded that magazine capacity limits would have no effect on reducing criminal gun violence. So AG Fergie ignored his own study and supported a 10 round mag-size limit law.
The lawyers that support these gun-grabs in WA should be disbarred.
Not necessarily for every constitutional question, but certainly in cases where it is clear that the law will eventually be struck down as unconstitutional.